What was it?

chopzor · Post by **chopzor** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:40 pm

Well I'm pretty angry I didn't take a photo but I'll try explain it so hopefully someone can work out what it is.

Redish in colour and quite muscly. Big eyes and mouth.

Thats about all I can remember.

Was caught in 8m of water of at Portharlington.

rixter · Post by **rixter** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:59 pm

Maybe a red/orange roughy (sea perch) , or a tiny snapper , hard to say without pics ??????

like this ?
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chopzor · Post by **chopzor** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:25 pm

No not like that.

It had the body shape of a flathead, flat on the bottom.

rixter · Post by **rixter** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:31 pm

chopzor wrote:No not like that.

It had the body shape of a flathead, flat on the bottom.

Hmmmm, i can't think for the life of me atm anything out of ppb that looks like a flathead and red with big eyes and mouth, got me stumped on that one ??????

Maybe something that fell out of the bildge of a big chineese tanker/cargo ship :super: ..lol

I'm sure someone on here will work out what it was , cheers.

fishophil · Post by **fishophil** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:58 pm

Gurnard???

rixter · Post by **rixter** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:03 pm

fishophil wrote:Gurnard???

Ah yes probably , now you mention it , that is about the only other red fish with big eyes and mouth with a flat belly like a flathead in ppb I can think of too , 'now you mention it !'. They also have large side dorsal fins , they look like wings. I hope that's it , because it has had my brain racking since the question was asked , curious to know what it was too, cheers , Rick.

chopzor · Post by **chopzor** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:04 pm

That's the one, thanks fellas.

They good eating? We didnt know what it was so we threw it back.

rixter · Post by **rixter** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:16 pm

fishophil wrote:Gurnard???

WD fishophil :thumbsup: .You eased my mind, you have a better memory than me !.
Been a long long time since i ate one , but i remeber them being good eating. Cheers , Rick

Post by **re-tyred** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:30 am

They are similar to flathead to eat.Flesh is a bit chunkier. Very large numbers of them in central Bass Straight all depths to 200mtrs. I caught a small one in the gippsland Lakes last week.

fishophil · Post by **fishophil** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:35 am

I'm glad it was a gurnard, I was a bit stumped too if it wasn't one of them! :lol:

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